Mrs. Gore [Catherine Gore] — Paris in 1841

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming account of Paris from English novelist Catherine Gore, with engravings. The first edition.  In the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding, with decorative gilt. Illustrated by Thomas Allom with an engraved additional title page, four plates and fifteen vignettes. Collated, lacking the frontispiece.  From prolific English novelist and dramatist Catherine Gore, who lived in Paris from 1832-1841, where she produced her best known novel Cecil, or Adventures of a Coxcomb and its sequel, Cecil, a Peer. This fascinating account explores the domestic life, galleries, hotels, monuments, antiquities, literature and amusements of Paris in the mid-19th century.  In the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding, with decorative gilt. Externally, with fading to the spine and board edges. Front hinge failed. Marks to the boards. Rubbing to the extremities resulting in loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound, with 'list of engravings' leaf loose but present. First few leaves working loose. Pages are marginally toned, but clean, with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Archival repair to the head of the front blank. Good . Ill.: Thomas Allom. Good .